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Subject: [OM] [OT] Is The MAC Dead
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:37:37 -0800
From: "Julian Davies" <julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> As hardware the Mac has a limited run left in it. Expect OSXI to be 
> ported
> to an Intel compatible platform.

I guess that's why Scientific American recently ran an article that 
claimed Intel cannot continue Moore's law because their processors have 
become too complex, and in the sidebar, noted that IBM's PowerPC line 
is simpler, gets much more work done with each clock cycle, and will 
not see the sort of fundamental limits that Intel is facing for at 
least several more years.

While actual performance leapfrogs every year or so, the PowerPC line 
consistently beats Intel in work accomplished per area of silicon, and 
work accomplished per watt of power consumption. That sounds like 
growing room!

This story falls under the heading of "yet another rumor" that Mac 
users have had to put up with for decades -- that it will soon be 
ported to inferior Intel hardware in an effort to gain market share.

People either "get" the Mac, or they don't.

:::: Real peace in a petroleum-fueled world means rejecting petroleum 
dependence in all possible ways. -- Jan Lundberg
:::: Jan Steinman (a petroleum-free zone) 
<http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Van>


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